User Persona - Newly Qualified Nurse

 

Persona name

Sadie

Persona name

Sadie

Persona role

A&E Nurse - Band 5 (Newly Qualified Nurse)

Job description

An accident and emergency nurse will assess patients in the emergency department by taking vital signs and talking to the patient about what has happened. After the nurse has determined what the issue is, they will direct the patient to the correct place to get the right treatment for their condition (triage).

A&E nurses will be the first port of call for patients. In such a patient-facing role nurses need to be able to show empathy, compassion ,and confidence. Interpersonal skills are crucial and help build rapport with nursing staff and patients, putting people at ease in sometimes uneasy and confusing times.

 

 

 Company

Company name

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Company size

750 beds

Industry

Medical

 Demographic information

Age

25

Gender

Female

Income

£25,000

Education level

Bachelors Degree

Residential environment

Suburban shared house

 Personal quote

Digital Confidence

Lisa is confident with technology but she is dyslexic and prefers to use voice input rather than typing. She has little patience with complex systems that aren’t user-friendly. She uses smartphone and a tablet in her personal life.

 Biography

As a newly qualified nurse Sadie’s first role is in A&E, she is a happy and confident person but she has found the environment very challenging at times. She lives with several other hospital staff and has very little time outside work for socialising as she is expected to carry out a lot of e-learning as well

Professional goals

Motivators

Professional goals

Motivators

  • Sadie wants to complete her training and work to becoming a speciality nurse.

  • Sadie has wanted to be a nurse since she was young.

Challenges

Sources of information

  • Antiquated technology

  • Staying after her shift finished to complete tasks

  • RCNi

  • Nursing Today

  • Email newsletters

 

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